Paper names a novel
"Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. There's Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who...
| Main Author: | Luo, Susie (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada :
Hanover Square Press,
[2023]
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| Summary: |
"Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. There's Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who we meet at age nine and follow through adulthood, and who grapples with the expectations of a first generation American and her own personal desires. Finally, there's Oliver, a handsome white lawyer with a dark family secret and who lives in the building where Tony works. A violent attack causes their lives to intertwine in ways that will change them forever"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
284 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781335426888 1335426884 |